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Francesco Castellano
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Francesco has almost twenty years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.
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David Berlin
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
David has served as a CFO at multiple private equity portfolio companies in the SaaS, manufacturing, and service sectors where he optimized revenue growth, profitability, and led acquisition initiatives. He has been a consultant since 2014 and leverages his skills in financial modeling, analysis, forecasting, M&A, and process enhancements to deliver value to his Toptal clients. He has an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School and is a CPA.
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Karim Elias El Helou
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Karim is a 15-year experienced university professor with a PhD in entrepreneurial finance. He established a network of incubators from Dubai, Beirut, and Amsterdam to support over 100 startups to achieve their first financing round. Karim is also the founder and owner of an SME in solar energy storage based in Amsterdam and Beirut. He freelances to act as a consultant for entrepreneurs seeking to transform their business ideas into appealing and solid business plans for investors.
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Andrea Barsotti
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
With +20 years of experience in management consulting at Kearney and startups development, Andrea is keen on helping clients with strategy definition, business planning, and market research. His background in the US and major European countries–also thanks to his dual US-Italian citizenship–allowed him to develop deep market knowledge, valuable to support international expansion plans. Furthermore, Andrea founded and continues to grow a money-making eCommerce startup in the luxury travel niche.
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Blue Travel LLC
Jalaj Garg
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Jalaj is a result-oriented professional with 15 years of experience in investment management, private equity, and management consulting across India, the UK, Europe, and the US. His flexible approach enables him to work with clients at all levels and company stages, both with the CEOs of publicly listed companies and junior professionals of pre-launch startups. Jalaj is enthusiastic about freelancing to regain life balance and help clients worldwide.
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Mike Sullivan
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Mike is a sales and business development executive with five successful startups and turnarounds in Silicon Valley, generating several billion dollars in investor and founder equity. He is exceptional at assessing sales, business development, and go-to-market situations and developing strategies and plans for success. Mike is a Toptal freelancer because he enjoys helping clients achieve the success they deserve.
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CIC
Ernesto Grijalva Ortega, CFA
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Ernesto is a former core member of the private equity practice at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he specialized in due diligence, strategy, pricing, and transformation projects. Prior to BCG, he was an investment advisor, helping to raise and manage $500 million of assets at JP Morgan. Ernesto enjoys freelancing projects where he can leverage his previous experiences working with entrepreneurs, investors, and lenders.
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The Boston Consulting Group
Jack Barker
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
A former McKinsey Partner and Carlyle Group Principal with 30 years of international experience, Jack has served as the president, CFO, and COO of two Carlyle companies and four others. He is a finance, strategy, and operations expert with deep experience in telecom, financial services, data centers, and manufacturing. Jack enjoys freelancing because it allows him to work on a wide variety of issues for companies of all sizes and many industries.
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SmartSenseCom, Inc.
Carolyn Deng, CFA
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
A Wharton MBA and CFA charterholder, Carolyn has managed a $700 million VC portfolio, executed 20+ VC/PE investments and exits, and advised Bain clients on growth and return strategies. She's worked with startups and corporates across China, Canada, US, and Australia in VC financing, investment management, strategy, M&A and business development. Freelancing allows her to choose the projects that best leverage her unique experiences.
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Neel Bhargava
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Neel is an experienced private equity investor and consultant who has worked across industries and geographies—including North America, India, and Africa—while at Berkshire Partners, Bain & Company, and Rocket Internet. As a freelancer, he focuses on capital raising preparation and business operations consulting for growth stage companies and has extensive experience working closely with founders and CEOs.
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NB Advisory
Erik Frederick
Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Erik has served as the CFO of a $1.8 billion business unit at Staples and of venture-backed startups and private equity portfolio companies with $20 million to $700 million in revenue. He's also worked with management teams in profitability improvements, corporate strategy, financial models, and board reporting. As a freelancer, Erik enjoys bringing his seasoned, real-world operating experience to a variety of clients.
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Fairway Market
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